Canton man claims father threatened to kill him

A 42-year-old Canton man told police that his estranged father, a Belleville resident, threatened to kill him, according to a police report.

The son went to the Canton police station last Friday to report the incident along with a friend, through whom the alleged death threat allegedly had been made.

The son told police that his grandmother had recently died and, through her trust, had left a vehicle to his daughter. However, he said he needed to get his father to sign off on a legal document.

The son told police he doesn’t get along with his father, so he asked the friend to contact the father and try to convince him to sign the document, the police report said. The friend said the father refused and threatened to kill the son if anyone came to his house to pressure him, the report said.

The son filed a police report for documentation, although he asked police not to go to his father’s house, saying he is unpredictable and doesn’t like law enforcement. He also said he didn’t want his father to possibly seek vengeance.

The son told police he didn’t wish to press charges.

Dog bite wounds

A 72-year-old man delivering auto parts to a Canton shop told police he was bitten by a Great Dane when he went inside the office to leave an invoice, a police report said.

The man said the incident happened about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at an auto shop on Michigan Avenue. He told police he was bitten on the left hand when he dropped off the invoice. A police report indicated he had several puncture wounds on his hand and arm.

The man took himself to Oakwood Hospital in Wayne for treatment.

Fraud concerns

A 19-year-old Canton man and his father filed a police report amid concerns the teen could become a victim of identity theft after he divulged personal information to a stranger, a police report said.

The teen, attending Michigan Technological University, had gotten an email Saturday from a school account offering him a part-time job as a personal assistant. He replied and, in a subsequent email, provided his full name, address, cell phone number, email address, résumé and a copy of his driver’s license.

The teen’s father later told him that he might have provided information that could be potentially used for a scam, so he wanted to document the situation. The police report indicated there hadn’t yet been any fraudulent activity against him.

Bike troubles

A 20-year-old Garden City man’s $1,200 bicycle was stolen from the Canton Walmart store on Ford Road, but was spotted a short time later at a Garden City skate park, a police report said.

The victim told police he had hidden his bike behind some bushes near the east door of the store – where he works – about 1 p.m. Tuesday. He learned it was missing when he returned about five hours later. He said the chrome BMX bike cost $1,200.

As the man was explaining the incident to police, he received a phone call from a friend who had spotted the bike at a skate park on Ford Road in Garden City, the police report said. The investigation was continuing.

The man told police the incident marked the second time within a week that his bike had been stolen. The police report didn’t indicate how he got the bike back the first time.

Cat vs. cop

A Canton police officer was injured by a mother cat who swatted him with her paw after he accidentally stepped on one of her kittens during a police run to the 800 block of Lotz, a police report said.

The 37-year-old officer went to the residence shortly before 12:30 p.m. Monday to oversee a situation as a woman was being evicted by her male roommate. Police learned the woman had two unrelated warrants out of Canton and began to arrest her.

The officer was asked to get a plastic bag from a cabinet area so that the woman could put her medications in it before her arrest. The officer said the room was dimly lit and he didn’t see the black kitten until he had stepped on it with his left foot.

It was then the mother cat ran toward him, swatted him and made several scratches that broke the skin.